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Banks shift gears on technology spend

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... technology investment focused on developing infrastructure, the industry has now turned to customers and users. Commonwealth Bank, which owns CFS, went from spending 50% of its technology budget on infrastructure on 2006 to spending only 26% in 2012. ...

More flip flopping ahead for Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... generalised conclusion about the whole irrespective of other variables. The thing is the Fed and for that matter, any other central bank, does not and should not operate this way. It's all about the trend because as we all know, the trend is our friend. ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
The Australian stock market was flat at noon, with gains by big miners offset by weakness in the financial sector. The market opened about 0.3 per cent firmer as investors took their cues from a positive lead from Wall Street, but shares drifted back ...

Westpac appoints head of Debt Capital Markets

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
Former ANZ head of the Financial Institutions Group, Australia, John Chauvel has resurfaced at Westpac Institutional Bank (Westpac) as managing director and head of Debt Capital Markets. He will report to managing director and Head of Debt Markets Tony ...

Out of sight, out of mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... September's launched of the ECB's Outright Monetary Transactions (OMTs) - which reduced tail risks in the market -- and the bank's reduction in interest rates early this month. But it could also be a case of the less heard and seen from the eurozone ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... higher after a rise on Wall Street overnight. Disappointing US economic data pushed Wall Street higher on hopes the US central bank will continue with its economic stimulus program. At 0800 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract ...

No growth in managed funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... managed super funds and other retail channels such as separately managed accounts, direct placements into the share market, bank term deposits and possibly negatively geared property. Reinforcing the systemic challenges confronting the sector, only 35% ...

Volatile safe-haven bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... uncertainty has raised volatility in the US bond market. According to Bloomberg, "Treasury volatility as measured by the Bank of America Merrill Lynch MOVE index rose to 75.51 yesterday, the most since Aug. 16, four weeks before the Fed's Sept. 13 announcement...The ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... goes to the overall strength of the Australian economy." All of the big four retail banks were weaker, with Commonwealth Bank losing 53 cents at $68.07, NAB shedding 31 cents to $30.81, Westpac giving up 24 cents to $29.23 and ANZ dumping 14.5 cents ...

Midwinter puts planning software into the cloud

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... segmentation. The software is hosted on the Amazon web services which Midwinter said is "secure." "When we saw that Commonwealth Bank had chosen Amazon to host their banking software, the choice was made for us," Plummer said. Midwinter will be taking ...